This was a well done movie that captured the inherent difficulty and suffering of a civil war. When a war is between two different countries, at the end of it, if one does not conquer the other, fighters from each side do not have to forgive. Their decedents can forgive, but the rage in the actual combatants hearts is not inflamed by day to day interactions with their former enemies. When a war is between peoples within the same country, when it ends they must find ways to live with the people who killed their loved ones. This movie tackles that difficult transition. While I do think it is well done, the description says, "this bold and ultimately uplifting film." Respectfully, I disagree. The message of the film is one of peace, and there is some disjointed comic relief (who ends up being anything but comedic in the end) but the atrocities are dark enough that any uplifting message is wholly muted.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Burkina Faso Film - The Night of Truth \ La Nuit de la Verite (2004)
This was a well done movie that captured the inherent difficulty and suffering of a civil war. When a war is between two different countries, at the end of it, if one does not conquer the other, fighters from each side do not have to forgive. Their decedents can forgive, but the rage in the actual combatants hearts is not inflamed by day to day interactions with their former enemies. When a war is between peoples within the same country, when it ends they must find ways to live with the people who killed their loved ones. This movie tackles that difficult transition. While I do think it is well done, the description says, "this bold and ultimately uplifting film." Respectfully, I disagree. The message of the film is one of peace, and there is some disjointed comic relief (who ends up being anything but comedic in the end) but the atrocities are dark enough that any uplifting message is wholly muted.
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